Category: Promos & Sizzle

A crowdfunding promo that we created for the Chimera Arts & Maker Space in Sebastopol, California to raise money for their new facility. Produced by VOM Productions, soup to nuts. Full discussion after the jump. Read more

This was my second festival trailer for the film festival, and I went over the top for this one, attempting to generate as much excitement as possible by using some very eye-catching clips from several of the festival selections as well as the iconic Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 by Richard Strauss, which we found on the Internet Archive’s Community Audio section.

This time around, a lot more effort was put into the motion graphics, with layers and layers of movement throughout, despite that the opening motion segments might seem excessive, it all worked in harmony with my goal of going “over the top”. Some great effects creating a rippling halftone background, which was much more work than you might expect!

Once again, attention was paid to how the viewer’s eye was guided around the screen from cut to cut, and keeping a very syncopated feel, such that the music leads you on a journey, and you’re expecting something else at each phrase in the composition. The music builds and swells and the most eye-popping parts of the film are brought in for the finish. It played in advance of the festival at local Sebastopol theaters and also on Opening Night of the festival!

Another very interesting trailer project. This one was really a challenge because of the sheer number of films that needed to be included in the trailer. That’s a lot of film watching, because I didn’t use the film trailers of the films for my source material, I used the full screeners!

It was put together in a manner that intentionally guides the viewer’s eye around the screen, builds in energy throughout and delivers a feast for the eyes. All the while, still being as interesting to watch after seeing it play in front of every film at the festival. I was thrilled and honored that the trailer was so well received!

An all-new short promo for Tactus Technology, meant to introduce the technology in a more concrete product prototype form, just in time for their debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2013. Produced by VOM Productions in association with San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking. Full discussion after the jump. Read more